Haveri, May 8 -- Six people lost their lives while two others were injured after a car collided into a lorry going in the same direction at NH-48 in Haveri district of Karnataka, police said on Thursday.

All of the eight people were travelling in the car when it hit the lorry near the Byadagi town of Haveri, police said.

Speaking with ANI, SP Anshu Kumar said, "An accident has been reported at the NH-48 in which a vehicle going towards Hubballi collided with a lorry going in the same direction...8 people were travelling in the car, out of which 6 died on the spot and 2 are admitted to the hospital."

On Tuesday, in a similar incident, five members of a family, including three women, were killed in a car-truck collision near Ingalhalli v...